Tolerance or a War on Shadows: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, the English Civil War, and the kaleidoscopic early modern frontier

Tolerance or a War on Shadows: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, the English Civil War, and the kaleidoscopic early modern frontier

This article comprises two sections. The first analyses John Milton’s Paradise Lost in terms of the frontier dividing Providence and Chaos. Chaos is represented in violent images of the colonial world, the English Civil War, and Scientific Revolution cosmology. Providence intends to justify the ways...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tadd Graham Fernée
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Bulgarian University 2017-12-01
Series:English Studies at NBU
Subjects:
John Milton
Paradise Lost
English Civil War
Scientific Revolution
colonialism
religious wars
state building
Natural Rights
Providence
secularism
revolution
Online Access:http://esnbu.org/data/files/2017/2017-2-1-fernee-pp53-73.pdf

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